An eventful weekend

We had a great Easter weekend! We left Friday afternoon and got to my parents house in the early evening. Ty did pretty well for his 1st road trip. It was a 6.5 hour drive (5.5 with no kids) and he handled it like a champ. Papaw and Grams came over to eat dinner and to see their great grandson! When we walked in I tried to hug Mom and talk to her for a while, but apparently I was not the main attraction because she was having none of it. It had only been a couple of weeks since Mom and Dad had seen him, but to watch them you’d think it had been 6 months! They had fixed up the basement for us and had a crib set up down there for him (they apparently didn’t realize he would be sleeping in their room some of the time). Friday night Becca still got up with him a couple of times and then let Mom and Dad take the early morning shifts. Saturday we hung around the house all day and a couple of my aunts came by to see Ty for the first time. Dad just sat around the house all day with us, which is extremely odd for anyone who knows “the Captain.” He probably fed Ty more than anyone, yet complained when I wanted to feed my own son! After some convincing on my part, Becca decided to not get up Saturday night with Ty. This was ground breaking for her because she always gets up with him, but she has been really worn out lately. She went to sleep at around 8 and didn’t wake up until 7 the next morning. Mom and Dad said that he was pretty good all night sleeping 3 hours at a time. Believe it or not, they even made him sleep in his own bed all night (at least that’s what they say).
Sunday morning we went to church with Mom and Dad to show off the little man. He wore the white sweater vest that Becca and I bought him and looked adorable! After church we went over to Aunt Gaynell’s house for a family gathering/shower. Everyone was excited to see him and hold him, plus Clay and Stacy were able to make it over to see him as well. After getting back to Mom and Dad’s house and taking more pictures, we finally left at 7:00. Ty was wonderful all the way home, but boy was I tired. We had to stop several times to feed and change diapers, but we finally arrived at our house at about 1:30. I think next time we’ll leave earlier! I’m glad we decided to drive the truck because we wouldn’t have made it in the car with all the presents we brought back. The back of our truck was completely packed! I was joking around all weekend that if this normal to get this many presents, we needed about 3 or 4 more kids. Becca, with bags under her eyes, thought maybe we ought to wait a bit.